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Why don't college coaches place an emphasis on finding a good kicker?
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:38 pm
Kicking in college is just so bad everywhere. It seems like a lot of these guys are walk-ons.
I just don't get why coaches don't take the time to recruit good kickers.
I just don't get why coaches don't take the time to recruit good kickers.
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:39 pm to GetCocky11
Harbaugh did. He slept over at the dudes house and he is blasting them from 50+ I give him credit
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:42 pm to GetCocky11
There's only like 20 of them. Most are from soccer and didn't kick in HS.
Kicking is more of a mental thing anything else imo
Kicking is more of a mental thing anything else imo
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:51 pm to jefffan
They do.
Shockingly, there are damned few of them, even for those that obsess over doing so-- they're still going to struggle to find one, more often than not.
Shockingly, there are damned few of them, even for those that obsess over doing so-- they're still going to struggle to find one, more often than not.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:52 pm to GetCocky11
It's impossible to tell if a guy has the mental fortitude to handle the pressure of kicking in major college football from practice kicking. Guys like Cade Foster and Adam Griffith were about as highly rated as you can be as high school kickers and just weren't any good.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:53 pm to jefffan
Yeah that's not right at all. Most major college kickers didn't kick in high school? You're pulling that out of your arse.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:00 pm to TheWalrus
many do, the kid who kicks for Missouri, was $$$ in highschool, from any distance. I believe he hit a 63 yarder in a HS game, with plenty of distance.
Won job, and misses xtra points, kicks ball out of bounds, etc.
Our best kicker came from the swim team, he walked on, and was money all 3ish years he kicked.
Some teams dont offer scholarships to kickers and have them walk on, then earn their scholarship later.
Won job, and misses xtra points, kicks ball out of bounds, etc.
Our best kicker came from the swim team, he walked on, and was money all 3ish years he kicked.
Some teams dont offer scholarships to kickers and have them walk on, then earn their scholarship later.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:02 pm to GetCocky11
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I just don't get why coaches don't take the time to recruit good kickers.
It's the one thing we do consistently and it's usually a nice comfort to know whats going to happen when our PK lines up.
Some misses this year by Legatron have been concerning though.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:12 pm to GetCocky11
Because recruiting them is a total crap shoot as most of it comes down to mental not physical tools and that is pretty damn hard to gauge. Any top rated kicker coming out of HS has a strong and fairly accurate leg.
Arkansas got the #1 K recruit in the country in 2014 and he is absolutely fricking awful, missed 2 under 25 yarders against TCU.
Arkansas got the #1 K recruit in the country in 2014 and he is absolutely fricking awful, missed 2 under 25 yarders against TCU.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:51 pm to GetCocky11
You saw one tonight, but was wearing blue and white.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:00 pm to GetCocky11
For some reason (I don't know what it is) there's not very many of them and there's 130 D1 schools. Also like others have said it's 90% mental. Perfect example is Roberto Aguiyo. Dude was money in college and couldn't make a 30 yarder in the NFL.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:18 pm to GetCocky11
kicker recruiting is a different ballgame....you just never know.
I have seen my school sign a top tier kicker...and the kid could never adjust to the college game...
Texas about to screw this game up
I have seen my school sign a top tier kicker...and the kid could never adjust to the college game...
Texas about to screw this game up
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:22 pm to GetCocky11
Cause they're too busy trying to find a QB. LSU fan here.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 12:02 am to Akit1
hell look at Roberto Aguayo who was money in college and flamed out of the NFL within one season
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